Leviticus 22:2
in Leviticus 22“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.
KJV
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.
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This verse in Leviticus 22
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying
on Leviticus 22:1-3
Chapter 21 kept certain priests from the altar for what their bodies were. This chapter keeps them from the holy food for what has touched them, and that bar lifts as soon as they are clean. Verse 2 states the danger as profaning the holy name in the things Israel hallows, and verse 3 sets the heaviest penalty in the chapter, cut off from my presence, on a priest who eats a holy portion with his uncleanness upon him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
) so long as they were in their uncleanness. He is doubtless a God of infinite purity who kept his immediate attendants under so strict a discipline. This teaches us carefully to watch against all moral pollutions, because by them we are unfitted to receive the comfort of God's sanctuary.
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Separate themselves - When any uncleanness is upon them, as appears from ver. 3, 4. From the holy things - From eating of those parts of the offerings, which belong to them.
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons,....
16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the L ORD do sanctify them. The holy things were to be eaten by the priests and their families. Here is a law that no stranger should eat of them, that is, no person whatsoever but the priests only, and those that pertained to them,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves - The same subject is continued in this chapter as in the preceding, with this addition, that besides the perfection of the priests, it was indispensably necessary that the sacrifices also should be perfect. In the service of God, according to the law, neither an imperfect offering nor an imperfect offerer could be admitted. What need then of a mediator between a holy God and sinful men!
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
“Speak ... that they so abstain from touching the holy things (i. e. the sacrificial food of all kinds) of the children of Israel which they consecrate unto me, that they profane not my holy name.” This law related to the daily life and the ordinary food of the priests.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דַּבֵּ֨ר | daber | speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֜ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בָּנָ֗יו | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְיִנָּֽזְרוּ֙ | veyinazeru | so they may separate themselves | H5144 → | |
| מִקָּדְשֵׁ֣י | mikadeshei | from [the] holy things of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְחַלְּל֖וּ | yechalelu | they will profane | H2490 → | 143 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֵׁ֣ם | shem | [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| קָדְשִׁ֑י | kodshi | holiness my | H6944 → | 469 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֵ֧ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| מַקְדִּשִׁ֛ים | makdishim | [are] setting apart as holy | H6942 → | 171 times |
| לִ֖י | li | to <the> me | ||
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
דַּבֵּ֨רspeak
daberH1696 →1141 times
אֶֽל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַהֲרֹ֜ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
בָּנָ֗יוsons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
וְיִנָּֽזְרוּ֙so they may separate themselves
veyinazeruH5144 →
מִקָּדְשֵׁ֣יfrom [the] holy things of
mikadesheiH6944 →469 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יְחַלְּל֖וּthey will profane
yechaleluH2490 →143 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שֵׁ֣ם[the] name of
shemH8034 →864 times
קָדְשִׁ֑יholiness my
kodshiH6944 →469 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הֵ֧םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
מַקְדִּשִׁ֛ים[are] setting apart as holy
makdishimH6942 →171 times
לִ֖יto <the> me
li
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 13:12you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
it leads to
- Numbers 18:15
The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 27:26
But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 18:15
Through
Leviticus 22:32You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
it leads to
- Leviticus 18:21
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 11:2
So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
- Leviticus 18:21
Through
Leviticus 19:12You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
it leads to
- Exodus 20:7
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Deuteronomy 5:11
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Exodus 20:7
Through
Leviticus 18:21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:31
You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as…
- Leviticus 20:2–5
“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
- Deuteronomy 12:31
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.